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Alexander Mair Courage Jr. (December 10, 1919 – May 15, 2008) familiarly known as "Sandy" Courage, was an American orchestrator, arranger, and composer of music, primarily for television and film. He is best known as the composer of the theme music for the original Star Trek series. He frequently served as an orchestrator on films scored by André Previn (My Fair Lady, "The Circus is a Wacky World", and "You're Gonna Hear from Me" production numbers for Inside Daisy Clover), Adolph Deutsch (Funny Face, Some Like It Hot), John Williams (The Poseidon Adventure, Superman, Jurassic Park, and the Academy Award-nominated musical films Fiddler on the Roof and Tom Sawyer), and Jerry Goldsmith (Rudy, Mulan, The Mummy, et al.). He also arranged the Leslie Bricusse score (along with Lionel Newman) for Doctor Dolittle (1967).
Alexander Courage
Composer
for Composer in Iron Man: The Mandarin
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In 1978, sixteen years after donning the armor that defined a generation, Tony Stark has become a symbol of innovation, arrogance, and burden. The billionaire inventor, once hailed as the face of modern heroism, now finds himself hollowed by years of violence, addiction, and moral decay. When whispers of a deadly new weapon surface from the East—a nerve toxin capable of wiping out millions—Stark’s past comes roaring back. The Mandarin, the warlord he believed long dead, has returned from the ashes of Asia’s underworld, intent on unleashing his vengeance upon New York City. As panic spreads and governments falter, Stark must confront not only the enemy abroad but the corrosion within his own soul. Haunted by nightmares of the lives his weapons destroyed and the empire he built on blood, Tony’s war becomes personal. His armor—once a symbol of salvation—has become a cage of guilt and rage. Pursuing The Mandarin across the neon-lit streets of Hong Kong to the storm-swept skyline of Manhattan, Stark faces an enemy who understands him better than anyone else: a man who believes the West’s greatest hero is its greatest disease. As the toxin’s release nears, Iron Man must decide what kind of legacy he’ll leave behind—one forged in greed and metal, or one redeemed in sacrifice and fire. In a world choking on progress and power, Tony Stark learns that the cost of being Iron Man may finally be his humanity.
